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Correction: Furniture Market story

May. 1, 2009
In an April 27 story about the High Point furniture market celebrating its 100th anniversary, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Bernhardt Furniture Co. was a subsidiary of Furniture Brands International. It is privately owned by members of the...
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch